Johnson tops winners list at Big R

by jmaloni

Thu, Jul 29th 2010 08:00 am

Ransomville Speedway management fought Mother Nature and won last Friday
night. Despite heavy early-morning rain, the staff at the Big R forged on and
at 7:15 p.m. threw the first green flag for the 106 competitors who filled the
pit area on Mighty Taco and Modern Corporation night. The early-day moisture
provided for plenty of side-by-side racing action.

Danny Johnson of Rochester captured the win aboard the 30-lap
Mighty Taco Modified main event. Driving his Waste Management-sponsored No.
27j, Johnson took the lead away from Boyd MacTavish on lap 29 en route to his
fourth win of the season at the Big R. Johnson and MacTavish gave the fans a
race they won't soon forget as they swapped the lead a few times in the closing
laps. MacTavish enjoyed his best finish of the season in second followed by
Ricky Richner, Todd Burley and Pete Bicknell.

Don Spatorico of Ransomville took top honors aboard the 25-lap
Original Pizza Logs Sportsman main. Just when it appeared as though Spatorico
would settle for a runner-up finish, he found something going down the
backstretch on the final lap. Spatorico ducked to the inside of Ryan Susice as
the pair entered turn three and was able to make the move stick as they exited
turn four. Spatorico collected the very exciting win over Susice, Jesse
Cotriss, Justin Wright and Mark Potter.

Pat Dell of Ransomville took top honors for the second time in
2010 aboard the Ki-Po Chevrolet Streetstock division. Dell took the lead at the
drop of the green and maintained the top spot through the entire 15 laps.
Gerald Poole, Chris Burek, Kenny Washburn and Mark Loveland rounded out the
field.

Mike Greenawalt of Niagara Falls became the 13th different winner
in the Ki-Po Chevrolet Streetstock division after he took the win in the second
15-lap main. Greenawalt took the lead away from Brian Lonneville as the white
flag flew and went on for the big win aboard his Investors Services No. 17d.
Brian Lonneville, Cory Sawyer, Alex Morris and Donald Rappleyea rounded out the
top five.

Gary Watier Jr. took top honors aboard the Gippsters Collision 4
Banger 12-lap feature main. The trio of Watier, Marika Morris, and Eugene
Washburn swapped the lead several times in the closing laps with Watier leading
the most important one. Matt Jenks, Richard Zellner, Matt Matson and Steve
Matson rounded out the top five.